Dawson's Creek (1998–2003): Season 3, Episode 7 - Escape from Witch Island - full transcript

Joey, hey.

Dawson, please tell me
you guys have The Crucible.

Belinda checked it out
about an hour ago.

Oh, no.

-Serves me right for being that girl.
-What girl?

The girl who rents the movie
the night before a paper's due...

...because her attention deficit disorder
got in the way of her reading the book.

Since when are you that girl?

Well, between taking
care of baby Alexander...

...and getting the B & B
up and running...

...l haven't had time for that pesky
endeavour known as schoolwork.

B & B?
l thought you worked at the marina.

-What happened?
-That's a long...

...and exceedingly soapy story,
Dawson.

Okay.

So, what's up with you?

Has Eve helped you add
any more crimes...

-...and misdemeanours to your record?
-Eve left town, actually.

Well...

...thanks a lot, Dawson.

-l guess l'll see you around school.
-All right.

-l'll be the one cloaked in failure.
-Hold on. You know what, Joey?

What if l told you you didn't
have to do the paper?

-l'm listening.
-All right.

After we got the assignment,
l said to Green, '' Do you really want...

...the standard five pages of footnotes
and cribbed encyclopaedia passages...

...chronicling
the Salem witch trials, or--?''

Let me guess. You sold him on
the idea of making a movie instead?

-Classic Dawson Leery.
-Here's the best part.

Jen and Pacey are excused from doing
the paper if they help me tomorrow.

l guess my invitation
got lost in the mail.

-l would've invited you. l just--
-Forget about it.

So, what's it about, your movie?

Well, since we're reading The Crucible
and studying the Salem witch trials...

...l figured, ''Why not do
a documentary based on something...

...that happened right in our own
backyard?'' Witch lsland.

So, basically, you're ripping
off The Blair Witch Project.

l am insulted. l am making
a real documentary.

l wanna use the myth of Witch lsland
to tell a larger story...

...about hypocrisy
and religious persecution.

So are you in?

Well, you know, if l blow off the paper,
then l'll probably fail the class...

...and if l fail the class,
that could be the beginning...

...of a downward spiral
that dooms me to wait the tables...

...of Capeside's greasy
spoons for eternity...

...so count me in.

In the year 1 692, 1 3 young women--
Well, teenaged girls, really...

... were banished to a small island
off the New England coast...

...because they were suspected
of practicing witchcraft.

One night a year later, a fire raged
out of control, killing them all.

Hands down, best high-school
mak e-out place ever.

I think that's where your father
and I made love for the first time.

-God, Mom.
-Honey, are you okay?

Blair Witch didn't do it for me.
l wasn't remotely scared...

...the girl was irritating, and l had to run
to the snack bar in need of Dramamine.

l was scared.

There's no surprise there, Potter.

After all, you are quite
the skittish kitten.

Blair Witch was groundbreaking.
Hollywood laid to waste...

...by a couple of guys with
a camcorder. How cool is that?

l think my father makes scarier movies
with his home-video camera.

You want scary?
The Witter Family Christmas Project.

Guaranteed to make
your teeth chatter.

Before we're off to see the witch,
l'd like to opine...

-...there are no such thing as witches.
-Here we go.

l say ''witch'' is a buzzword
for a girl who happened...

...to follow her completely
healthy, natural urges...

...and explore her sexuality.
But you can't do that...

...in the 1 690s without getting
the good townsfolk all up in arms.

What do these puritanical,
impotent creeps do?

lnstead of taking Viagra,
they brand these girls as witches.

They send them off to some
godforsaken island...

...to die a horrible, solitary death.

Lucky for you, Jen,
we live in a world...

...where you can follow your natural
urges without fear of persecution.

You're right. l would've been
so burned at the stake by now.

Okay, l think it's time to set up
for some interviews.

-Joey, like to lend me a hand?
-Sure.

All right, you guys rustle up
some interviewees.

Have fun, kids.

Now, doesn't that
just warm your heart?

Kevin and Winnie taking
those first tentative steps...

...back to the wonder years.

lt just makes me really glad...

...that you and l had the forethought
never to hook up.

Amen, sister Christian.

Why is that, do you think?

Well, if you look
at the clinical research...

...you'll find that the smart-ass
sidekick, he never gets the girl.

No. The real reason
there was never a you and me...

...is because you and me, we don't
need anything from each other.

l'm sorry. l left my decoder ring
back in the cereal box.

You see, you, as the girl whose
wanton ways had her banished...

...to the boonies, you needed
the affection of the unblemished...

...small-town pure heart to validate you
in your oh-so-vulnerable time, right?

Me, as the perennial black sheep
of the Witter brood...

...l just needed the love
and affection of a woman...

...whose drive and devotion
will so shame me to the core...

...that it would force me
to get in touch with....

Shall we call it my '' inner achiever''?

But you and me, we're different.
We're on a level playing field.

God, l thought that Dawson
was good at deconstruction.

-Do you have a moment?
-Not the best time.

l take my appointment to the head
of the disciplinary committee...

...with the utmost seriousness, and
l am determined not to lose your trust.

That's an earnest attitude.
Excuse me--

l wanna let you know that the last
few weeks have been tumultuous...

...but l'm pleased to report
that l have my priorities in order.

-Good. l'm glad to hear that.
-l'd like to run by a few ideas...

...if that's all right.

-Come on.
-Excellent.

l've read the rules of conduct
prepared by the board of education--

l can't tell you how much
l miss this, Joey.

Me too.

l feel lucky.

-So do l.
-You know, like l've been able...

...to recapture a feeling that
l lost somewhere along the way.

-l know what you mean. lt's like--
-Granted...

...it's only for a school project,
but it just feels good...

...to be making movies again.

l thought you were talking
about us. Silly me.

Well, that too.
Obviously, l mean....

You know, l--

l miss that whole let's-make-a-movie
bug thing we had before things...

...got so terminally angst-y.
But it's--

l'm really glad we're friends again.

Friends.

Right.

Three hundred years ago,
harlots practicing witchcraft...

... were banished to that island.
What happened there is proof...

... that the Lord doesn't tak e lightly
to those who dabble in the black arts.

One time in high school,
this kid disappeared there.

He was a big stoner. One of those
guys that has Led Zeppelin lV...

...playing in his head at all times,
so everybody said he probably...

...got wasted and drowned.

I don't know.

Some people say the witches got him.

Yeah, well, kids just mysteriously
disappear there over the years...

...and they say it's the witches
or whatever...

...but I think the CIA or the NSA
had something to do with it.

It's just lik e our government to
come up with some occult backstory...

... to cover up their malfeasance.

-Nobody brought snacks?
-No.

What is a field trip without the snacks?
Nobody brought the Doritos...

...the Ho Ho's? My kingdom
for a Coke wrapped in tinfoil.

-lt's the Dawson Leery party, right?
-Present and accounted for.

Can l ask you some questions?
l'm making a movie.

Only if you return the fav our.

All right?

So...

... what's your movie about?

I'm making a documentary on Witch
Island. What's your movie about?

A documentary about all the people...

...making a documentary
about Witch Island.

Ever since Blair Witch hit, every geek
with a camcorder's been out here...

...so, with a little luck, this baby will
get me on the festival circuit, right?

Yeah. What can you tell me
about Witch Island?

I know you kids think it's all spooky fun
and kitschy cool and all that...

...but don't get so caught up in your
Scooby-Doo adventure that you get...

-...stuck out there past dark.
-We don't scare that easy.

You calling me a liar?
ls that what you're saying?

Girls died out there. You don't think
they're ticked off about what happened?

You think they're above taking their
anger out on a teenybopper or two...

...every once
in a full moon, huh?

These girls, they just can't control
their natural urges, you know?

All right, all aboard.
Let's go.

Hey, gang.
Welcome to Witch Island.

I'm Wendy Dalrymple of the
Capeside Historical Society.

I'm here to answer any questions
you may have about Witch Island...

...which, l'm ashamed to say, represents
a dark period of our nation's history.

Oh, good God.

You wouldn't happen to have
a snack bar up here, would you?

l'm famished, and Cameron over there
decided to cancel the 7-Eleven run.

You'll find refreshments
at our gift shop...

...along with a lovely selection
of our witch-themed souvenirs.

l like souvenirs.
Come on.

Making a little movie, are we?

He's ripping off
The Blair Witch Project.

Seen it.

l'll take you to the cemetery. Goes over
real well with you filmmaker types.

lt's got a lot of atmosphere.

Hey, Joey, you realize
Blair Witch was fake, right?

Whereas my documentary...

... is real.

Pacey, check this out.
'' Has that wicked crush got you down?

Do you stare at him for hours
without getting a glance in return?

Do you ever call and hang up?
Rifle through his garbage?

Has the thought of disfiguring
his girlfriend ever crossed your mind?

Stalk no more.
This handy-dandy incantation...

...will turn the object of all your sugary
affections into a lovesick puppy dog.''

-Dream on, Lindley.
-What, you don't think it'll work?

Not to be a naysayer....

No. Actually, to be a naysayer,
my belief in the power of spells...

...is somewhere up there with my
belief in the validity of sea monkeys.

l'm gonna try it.

-Really? On whom?
-You.

-Me?
-Who better?

-You're not attracted to me.
-Not in the least.

No, no. l didn't mean it like that.
You are quite the little uber vixen...

...and l'm nothing if not fond of you,
but you're just not my type.

Right back at you, man.

-l'm brooding and comely.
-l'm sure that you score way high...

...on some girls' cute-o-meter, Pacey,
just not mine.

l'm a better catch
than Ty the Bible beater...

...or that skirt-chasing Neanderthal
Chris Wolfe.

This from a guy whose past two
relationships ended with the girl...

...either leaving town to avoid
prosecution or cool out in crazy camp.

There are only 1 2.

-What?
-There were 1 3 witches, Dawson.

Thirteen girls were sent here,
and there are only 1 2 graves.

Smart girl.
Nobody ever picks up on that.

-Her name was Mary Waldeck.
-What happened to her?

Her body was never found.

No one knows what happened...

...but there are two
distinct schools of thought.

Those that lik e ghost stories,
they believe she was a witch...

...and she haunts
the island to this day...

...but for those romantics out there...

...they believe that her lover came and
took her away from this awful place.

-Her lover?
-Yeah.

I'll give you the Cliff Notes.

Mary was an orphan.
She was tak en in by a family...

...called the Bennetts and raised
alongside their own son, William.

William and Mary got along famously.
So much so, in fact, that in time...

...they fell in love.

One night, Mary and William
were found in bed together.

This did not go over well
with the God-fearing Bennetts.

And in the blink of an eye,
Mary was no longer their daughter.

She was a witch.

That's horrible.

Can you imagine what this
poor girl had to go through?

This is a young girl
no older than you...

...put on trial, banished
to some island for crimes...

... that she didn't even understand,
much less commit.

She was separated
from the love of her life.

l think that's what makes this island
such a charged place.

Because if you've ever loved
somebody that you couldn't be with...

...you can feel it in the air.

The sadness, the longing...

...the uncertainty.

Are you taking this down?

What do you mean?

Soul mates torn apart by
circumstances beyond their control...

... doomed to wonder
what might have been.

There's your movie.

-The fire, where did that happen?
-Through the woods, at the church.

-Take us there. l'd love to get footage.
-No. Because l never, ever...

...go into the woods.

And if you kids are smart...

...you won't, either.

But if you do decide to go,
we have some maps in the gift shop.

''With lights low and feet on the floor,
chant these words to make him yours.''

Your turn.

Excuse me? l'm sorry,
it sounded like you said something...

...about me consuming
that God-awful muck.

Says right here that both myself
and the object of my affection...

...must ingest the potion
for the spell to work.

No, no, no.

Please?

Pretty, pretty please? You don't have
to swallow the branches. l promise.

Fine. Fine. But, Lindley...

...payback is gonna be a bitch.

How do you feel?

Less than fresh.

What is going on in here?

Just a couple of crazy kids
practicing a little bit of black magic.

You shouldn't mess with things
that you don't understand.

Here. This will take you through
the woods and to the church.

And, oh, yeah, don't get lost, because
it's very dark, it's very dangerous...

...and there's a chance that
you will never be seen...

...or heard from ever again. Okay?

Take that Mary Waldeck girl, for
example, was she a witch? l think not.

Sounds like she just had a bad case
of the warm and fuzzies.

-lt's too heartbreaking for words.
-l couldn't disagree more.

How do you figure?

lt clearly illustrates
how love can thrive...

...in even the worst
of circumstances.

-And look what happened to her.
-Nobody knows what happened to her.

I think it's safe to assume that Mary
died a very sad and lonely death.

-Separated from the one boy she loved.
-I don't buy that.

lf two people are truly in love,
they'll figure out a way to be together.

They were young.
They were split up for a long time.

Maybe he forgot about her.
Maybe he met someone else.

lf he met someone else
and forgot about her...

...they weren't meant to be
in the first place.

-Could you be any more naive?
-Could you be any more cynical?

Could you be any more irritating?
Pipe down, you guys. We're here.

Do you think they've got
a men's room in there?

Because l think l went a little
heavy on the witch's brew.

Be right back.

Spaghetti straps
and open-toed shoes?

Not on my watch.

lnappropriate display
of the female form, statute 97.1 .

Offensive and disgusting.

Excuse me, excuse me.
ln case you didn't know...

...Elvis has most definitely left
the building. And in his absence...

...there will be no sideburns
creeping past the earlobes.

Rules of conduct, baby.
Read them, learn them, live them.

Listen to this. The townspeople built
the church to help the girls find God.

They'd send a minister over,
but the girls would tease him.

Eventually, he gave up
and stopped coming.

l could hang with those girls.

l wonder if Pacey loves me yet.

They were murdered.

Beg your pardon?

lt says here that a group of men
from the mainland...

... treated the island lik e
their own personal brothel.

When word got out,
the Bible-thumpers got together...

...and decided enough was enough.
And then an angry mob came...

... corralled the girls into
this church, set it on fire.

That's when William
must've run off with Mary.

Hold on, Romeo. Why are you
reading into this all of a sudden?

How do you know that
William didn't light the torch?

Maybe because he loved her?

How do you know he was such
the enlightened male, Dawson?

If the town thinks
your girlfriend's a witch...

...maybe it's just easier
to go with the flow.

That's not the story l'm telling.

A good documentarian looks
at the story from all possible angles...

...not just from the perspective of his
cloying and annoying world-view.

Hey, has Pacey shown up yet?

Not since he went in search
for the perfect tree.

-We gotta get back. lt's getting dark.
-l'll go find him.

Go back to the boat guy,
make sure he doesn't leave.

We'll meet you back at the docks.

Joey, why does my optimism
have you so irked?

-That's not what's irking me, Dawson.
-Well, what is it?

-What's going on with us?
-This is not the time or the place...

...to run through a dissertation
on the state of our relationship.

Right. We should stand back
and watch it crumble around us.

We'll deal with it later
when convenient.

We're friends.
Why can't we just leave it at that?

-Friends.
-Yeah.

You take away everything
else that we are...

...and that's what we are.
We're friends.

Dawson, you can't just will
a friendship into existence.

l give up. For the first time, l have
no idea what you're talking about.

-Of course you don't.
-Well, explain yourself.

Dawson, what exactly do you
know about my life these days?

l mean, think about it.

Do you know how l lost my job?
How l did on my PSATs?

How the Potter sisters are eking
out their meagre living?

And, you know, l don't know
a thing about your life, either.

l'm sorry if l've been distant,
but that--

l thought that's what we needed.

You know what?

The last year of my life
has been this...

...wide-awake nightmare
of conflicting emotions.

And no matter how bad it got...

...there was always one thing
that kept me going, and that was us.

Our bond, our connection,
whatever you want to call it.

lt made me feel like
l wasn't alone...

...that l was part
of something special.

So l'm not standing here
whining about being friends...

...or not being friends.

lt's just,
for the first time in my life...

...l'm not feeling that
connection, Dawson.

And it scares me.

Wait!

There you are.
Great. Get in. Let's go.

We can't leave yet.
We got split up from our friends.

Stupid, stupid. Didn't l warn you guys
about getting stuck out here past dark?

-l'm sure l did.
-They'll be here any minute.

No. No way. l'm not staying.

Weird things happen
out here at night, man.

So you can come with me now,
or l can come back in the morning...

...and find out who's still alive.

-We're not gonna leave our friends.
-Fine. l warned you guys.

l told you.

Whatever you do,
don't go in the woods!

So you feel anything yet?

-Feel what, exactly?
-The spell.

Yeah. Yeah, l am actually
starting to feel something.

l think l'm starting to feel
a little lost. That's what it is, lost.

Yeah, l know.

l gotta say, the idea of a wholesome,
Biblically themed meal with Grams...

...isn't sounding too unappealing.
l'd even consider saying grace.

But instead, l am traipsing
around some haunted forest...

...with the likes of you.

Why am l always
the bad guy, huh?

Do l deserve this?
l don't think so.

What is it about me that
inspires such vitriolic diatribes?

Take Andie, for example.

She goes away for the summer
and sleeps with a mental patient.

So l break up with her for conduct
unbecoming a girlfriend...

...something which l think that
l was justified in, yet she manages...

...to turn it around so that l feel like
the creep. How does that happen?

What, you think you're the creep?

Just wait until some sweet, innocent
freshman gets a crush on you...

...and then you accidentally on purpose
break his smitten little heart...

...thus derailing his nascent
love life forever.

Love has this horrible habit
of messing everything up.

That it does.

But sex is nice.

-Yes, it is.
-Yes, it is.

Sex, good. Love, bad.
You toss it into the wok...

-...it messes the whole thing up.
-This is true.

l'm starting to think that maybe
casual sex is the way to go.

-Sex is never casual, Pacey.
-Perhaps.

But what if both partners agreed
to the terms beforehand?

-Like a prenup?
-Yes. Exactly.

Like a pre-getting-busy agreement.
l'm just thinking out loud here...

...but the concept of two horny
teenagers coming together...

...for some gleeful coitus
and parting as friends...

...is positively revolutionary
in this day and age.

-Sounds killer in theory.
-No guilt.

-No shame.
-No head games.

-No bad mix tapes.
-l hate those.

This may be
the witch's brew talking...

...but you are starting
to look all kinds of cute.

''Another day goes by without
word from William.

lt's been a few weeks since
l arrived on the island...

...yet it feels like an eternity.

This time apart has me wondering
if our bond was but an illusion.''

ls that what you think, Joey?

That our relationship
was some magic trick you made...

...to fill up some hole in your life?

l didn't say that, Dawson.
Don't put words into my mouth.

-l don't have to.
-Dawson, don't you ever wonder...

...where this is going,
where we are exactly?

ls this just the first act,
or has our story ended...

...and we're just too stupid
to realize it?

Why do we have to
figure that out right now?

What's wrong with living
in the present?

Because the present sucks, Dawson.

Excuse me for thinking back
and looking forward.

l'm just trying to make sense
of what's happened to us.

Joey.

Joey, you yourself once told me...

...that some love stories never end.

What happened to that girl?

She offered herself
to the boy she loved.

The boy she thought loved her back.

And he rejected her.

Joey, listen to me,
if we are truly meant to be...

...then we will find a way
back to each other.

lt's as simple as that.

You so sure about that, Dawson?

Listen.

'' l fill my days with memories of him.

l remember how he used
to look at me...

...as if l was his most
valuable treasure.

Has he found a new treasure?

l can't help but wonder if we'll be
able to find our way back to each other.

The road before us seems so long...

...and my head is clouded
with such dark thoughts.

l feel our bond grows
weaker by the day...

...and l'm powerless to stop it.''

That's probably them.

-Hey.
-You rang?

-You guys rang.
-We didn't ring.

Well, somebody rang.

Well.

-This is mighty peculiar, people.
-What?

-There's no bell.
-What?

Okay, l'm now sufficiently wigged.

How goes the 1 7th-century soap?

-She just got a letter from William.
-Do tell.

-'' November 1 0th, 1 693.''
-Wait, that's today.

lt's also the anniversary
of the fire.

Yeah.

''A letter today from
my beloved William.

He has made me so happy.
He says he's coming tonight...

...to take me away from this prison.

Yet, l am scared. He says there
are those in town who feel...

...we should be punished further
for our crimes.''

That's the last entry.

So you think he came back for her?

No.
He probably played her for a fool...

...and took up with some well-bred
hussy from the mainland.

Come on, Joey,
hop on the happy train.

Sounds to me like
those two were madly in love.

Yeah.

l hate to be one of those girls
who mistakes pop lyrics...

...for profound thought,
but sometimes...

...love just ain't enough.

And l hate to be the one to burst
this whole subtextual bubble...

...that you're living in,
but do me a favour...

...don't let somebody else's love life
dictate your own.

You're not filming anymore, hombre?

l'm not feeling particularly
visionary at the moment.

Let me ask you something, Pacey.
Do you think l made a mistake?

-When and where?
-Well....

When l told Joey that we needed
some time apart.

Do you think you made a mistake?

Not at first, but....

When l look at her now, and l see
how far apart we drifted, and l--

l don't know. What if l was wrong?

What if we don't end up together
and it's all my fault?

You wanna know what l see
when l look at you, Dawson?

For better or for worse, l see a guy
who wears his heart on his sleeve.

No matter how harsh it may seem
in retrospect, when you decided...

...to put some distance
between yourself and Joey...

...l know all you were doing
was following your heart.

And with that in mind...

...l really don't think it's possible
for you to have made a mistake.

So you honestly think
we can pull this one off?

l don't see why not.

-You don't have feelings for me, right?
-None whatsoever.

-No offence, of course.
-None taken, of course.

-You for me? Feelings?
-Hardly ever think about you.

You gotta love that.

So, what do we do now?

-Should l take my pants off?
-Maybe we should kiss first.

Yeah. That's a good idea.

-ls this the spell?
-l don't know.

l don't know. l don't care.
All l know is that in November of 1 999...

...four hyperverbal teenagers wandered
into the woods on Witch lsland...

...to film some ridiculous documentary
for history class, and eight hours later...

...two of them started making out.

-That was--
-Weird.

Yeah.

-Try again?
-Okay.

How about that, more weird?

Not so much.

Open the door!

Break it down!

Break it, Pacey! Break it down!

Come on!

Can we please just go home now?

l don't care if we have to swim home.
Let's get out of here.

There's gotta be a logical
explanation for this.

Why don't you send us
a postcard...

...because l, for one, am not sticking
around to find out. Come on!

Let's go.

Come on!

Hey, the boat's here.

-Joey, get the line!
-All right.

Careful. Watch out.

Get in! Get in!

-Go, go, go!
-Come on!

l had envisioned a more
straightforward documentary...

...on the history of Witch lsland...

...but l was surprised
by what l found there.

A love story, pure and simple.

Two soul mates torn apart by
the social climate of their time.

While what happened to us
is open to interpretation...

...there's no disputing
that the island...

...embodies the turmoil of a girl
who didn't know what the future held...

-...for her and the boy she loved.
-lt's nice work, Mr. Leery.

A tad derivative in the wake of the
whole Blair Witch phenomenon...

...but inspired work nonetheless.

-l particularly liked the part when--
-Hey, man, what's that all about?

-What?
-lt looks like two people...

...standing on the dock,
watching you go.

See? Look close.

Principal Green,
we got a situation here.

Milling and making
a filthy den in the library...

...one week's detention.

-Next.
-Miss McPhee...

...you care to explain
what's going on?

Principal Green, l took your advice,
and l ran with it.

l've teamed up with Belinda,
and we've taken...

...the first steps towards
improving Capeside.

What could all these students
have done?

Each and every one of them was in
direct violation of the rules of conduct.

The rules of conduct
were prepared in 1 957.

Of course they're gonna
be in violation.

After you've dismissed these students,
l'd like you to stop by my office.

So when are we gonna talk about it?

-Talk about what exactly?
-What happened out there.

-What did happen out there, Lindley?
-l don't have any idea.

But l would just prefer if it didn't
get in the way of our experiment.

Perhaps we should take the shadowy,
ill-explained events...

...of our brief sojourn in the woods
as something of an omen.

No.

-No?
-No.

lf nothing else, that gooey
little melodrama only proves...

...that love just mucks
everything up.

So then your thinking would be
that we should still have sex?

-Yes.
-Well, all right, then. Okay.

Do you want to do it right now?

Do you?

-l'm kind of tired, actually.
-Oh, fine.

Roswell's on in five minutes,
anyway.

You just let me know when you
want to do it, and l'll do it too.

Okay, so let me get this straight.

lf l am ever in the need
of a release...

-...you're just gonna help me out?
-Exactly.

-But keep in mind, it's a two-way street.
-Of course.

-Well, that sounds fantastic.
-Doesn't it?

-lt does.
-Good.

Should we--? l don't know,
should we kiss on that?

-No.
-No.

Kissing is intimate, and--
And we're not about intimacy.

Perhaps we should
just shake on it, then.

-Shaken.
-Great.

lt's good seeing you.

Who could it be other than
Wendy and that boat guy?

He's a guy, she's a girl,
they both had access to the island.

They left the boat out
there for us. l mean...

-...it's the only possible explanation.
-The only possible explanation?

-Let's hear your version.
-Okay.

The girl is Mary Waldeck,
and the guy is William Bennett.

Look at those clothes and that hat.
Those are 1 7th-century clothes.

l think the crack habit
has come between you...

...and your cognitive powers.

Obviously, Wendy and the boat guy
were screwing with us the whole time.

-Sceptic.
-Sucker.

-Cynic.
-Gullible.

Maybe you're right. Maybe we've seen
The World According to Dawson...

...too many times. Maybe l should
step out of the movie theatre...

...and into the harsh light of day.

l don't know, Dawson,
l mean, maybe you're right.

Maybe William and Mary found
their way back to each other after all.

You think?

lt's just a thought.

Joey, l wanna apologize.

-For what?
-For taking our friendship for granted.

l was wrong to think that we could
just pick up right where we left off.

Well, it's not entirely your fault,
Dawson.

l mean, look at us. We've spent years
intellectualising every little feeling...

...and it doesn't count for anything.
All that matters is what we do.

You know, how we take
care of each other.

So let's not talk this to death.

Let's take it slow...

...and check in with each other
every once in a while.

That sounds immensely doable.

Good.

l think this is one X-File
we're never gonna close.

Well, not unless we go back.

-No.
-Come on, Joey, the sequel?

Let's just see how
this one opens first.

By the way,
how did you do on your PSATs?

Brilliantly.

Watch out.